Circassia

[ ser-kash-uh, -ee-uh ]

noun

1. a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, bordering on the Black Sea.

Circassia

/ sɜːˈkæsɪə /

noun

1. a region of S Russia, on the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains

Example Sentences

Without a trifle of coquetry there is no dancing even in Circassia.

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In Circassia, women are reared and improved in beauty and every alluring art, only for the purpose of being sold.

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By her extraordinary efforts against Circassia she has at length managed to obtain the long-coveted Caucasian Mountains.

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There are also in Circassia, and in Mingrelia, many horses which are even handsomer than those of Tartary.

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It is like the change from night to morning, to pass from these dingy crowds to the white slaves from Georgia and Circassia.

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